PARIS - ROUBAIX (April 15, 2007) A TRUELY MYTHICAL RACE Considering the inferno in which the field will find itself this Sunday, April 15, the slogan “the hardest of the hard”, is also for this 105^th edition certainly not an exaggeration. They will depart from Compiègne and arrive in Roubaix after 259.5 km, of which 52.7 km are divided into 28 cobblestone sections. Amongst the eight participating cyclists of the Astana Cycling Team is Koen De Kort (NED) who finished 14^th with the field at Gand – Wevelgem. According to his own words he is in good shape and will have to be taken seriously; even more so since he had already won this race in 2004 in the U23 category. With the additional support of another young cyclist, Michael Schär (SUI), who finished fourth last year with the U23, Astana can have realistic ambitions. Rider line-up for the "Paris - Roubaix": Koen De Kort (NED), René Haselbacher (AUT), Benoît Joachim (LUX), Aaron Kemps (AUS), Alexey Kolessov (KAZ), Gennady Mikhailov (RUS), Gregory Rast (SUI) and Michael Schär (SUI). Sport Manager: Mario Kummer.